Chuck Smith is one of the most popular and influential leaders of Christianity today. He is  a pastor of Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California. He started his ministry in 1965 with only 25 people. In six months it doubled. Today there are several thousand people who attend his church, and they have planted Calvary Chapels all over the globe he is one of the leading Bible teachers in the United States. His dynamic ministry grew out of the youth movement of the '60s and '70s into what has become a nationwide group of churches known as Calvary Chapels. Over 400 churches, nationally and internationally, have grown out of Calvary Chapel, some of them with memberships of more than 5,000. Today, 20,000 families claim
 
The Word for Today is a non-profit organization, and an outreach of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa. Whose desire is to see the body of Christ grow in their knowledge of God through the study of His Word. The organization is committed to bringing you the solid and consistent teaching of the whole Bible taught by Pastor Chuck Smith. Who says that In times of trouble, trial, pain or loss, we often can’t see the value in what we’re experiencing. We don’t realize what God is doing, or why He has allowed us to struggle. But there comes a day when we look back over the road map of our lives and we understand, finally. We see the dots laid out along the path, and the events God permitted in order to move us to our destination. This is just part of what he teaches in his daily programmes on Radio.

Pastor Chuck tells the story of his life in his autobiography titled a "Memoir of Grace". The book is presented with the prayer that what you read will help you see how God’s grace is at work in your own life. Everything you have experienced in the past, everything you’re going through now, and everything that awaits you on the path ahead is all part of God’s plan. His will for you is perfect, and He knows just how to prepare you for your life’s purpose.
  Pastor Chuck Smith is also an author who has written many spiritual books that contain most of his teachings.